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REED SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR LOOMS.

No. 362,980. Patented May 17, 1887.

Fli n/eases. Ifin/e 77/5071 lii%iw@ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORANGE S. LEE, OF CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CLINTON \VIRE CLOTH COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

REED-SUPPORTING DEVICE FOR LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,980, dated May 17, 1887.

Serial No.21 L859. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ORANGE S. LEE, of Clinton, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Reed-Supporting Devices for Looms, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science towhich said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a diagram showing the method of holding and adjusting the reed, and Fig.

2 a side elevation representing a portion of the head of the race-plate detached.

Likeletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the draw ings.

2c In weaving wire-cloth it is well known that those portions of the dents of the reed or sley which are brought into contact with the weftwires are rapidly worn away, thereby causing the dents to break and require replacing, or

notches to be formed in their edges, in which the weft-wires catch and produce imperfect work.

My invention is designed to obviate this difficulty or objection; and to that end I make 0 use of means which will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation.

In the drawings, A represents the beam of the lathe, B the race-plate, C the bed-plate 3 5 on which the shuttle travels, and D the reed.

The plate 13 is provided with aliorizontallyarranged head-piece, E, in rear of the beam A, said head piece being channeled longitudinally, as shown at N, to receive and hold the lower bar or rail 2: of the reed, and provided with an inwardly-curved lip, m, a space, '0, being left between said lip and the bed-plate C for receiving the dents f.

Projecting at intervals from the lower side of the head-piece E there is a series of lugs, H, each of said lugs being provided with a vertically-arranged set screw, J, having a check-nut, t.

A series of vertically-arranged slots, m, are

formed in the face of the head-piece E, said slots opening into the channel N and respectively extending downward into the lugs H.

An elongated slot is formed in the bottom of the head-piece, above each of the lugs H, said slots opening downwardly through the headpiece, as shown by the dotted lines I) in Fig. 2. Disposed in each of these slot-s there is a T-shaped slide, K, the body of which extends downwardly through the slot above an inwardly-projecting lip, Q, on the lower end of the lug H.

Each of the slides K is provided with a setscrew, H, which passes through the slot in, and is adapted to secure the slide in any de sired position, the screw J being designed to adjust the slide vertically and the nut t to secure the screw and prevent it from accidentally loosening or turning out after the slide is adjusted.

In the use of my improvement the reed is placed in a vertical position, and its lower rail or bar .0" inserted in the channel N of the head-piece E, the dents f passing into the space 1; between the lip 03 and plate C. The screws M being loose, the-slides K are adjusted by the screws J to bring the reed into proper position, after which the slides are secured by the screws M.

The lip a; and plate C act as guards to stiffen and keep the dents in position, or prevent 8o them from being unduly bent in the line of the warp in beating up the weft.

It will be understood that the upper rail or bar 2 of the reed is to be properly supported or secured; but it is not deemed necessary to 8 5 show the means employed for that purpose. Neither is it deemed essential to show the other parts of the loom in order to illustrate theiniprovement in question.

It will be obvious that when the dents be come sufficiently worn at any given point by the action of the weft-wires to interfere with their proper working or render them liable to break, the reed may be readily raised or low ered to remove the worn or weakened per tions out of the path of the weft, thereby bringing new working-surfaces into use, preventing the delays and bad work incident to the breakage of dents, and rendering the reed far more durable than when not provided with means for vertical adjustment.

I do not confine myself strictly to the use of screws J M, slides K, and lugs H for adj usting and supporting the reed, as any other equivalent means may be employed for that purpose, if desired. If preferred, the lip :20 may be omitted in constructing the head-piece E. The plate Omay also be omitted Without departing from the spirit of the invention, although it is preferable to use the same.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is 4 1. The c0mbinati0n,'with the beam, the bedplate, and reed, of the race-plate provided with the longitudinally-chauneled head -piece adapted to receive and hold the reed, and

means for vertically adjusting the reed, substantiall y as described.

2. The combination, with the beam and the reed, of the bed-plate and the race-plate hav-,

ORANGE S. LEE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES SWINsooE, HENRY K. SWINsooE. 

